As I look back.

I see many times when I just feel so beaten by peer pressure. When someone influential
speaks, it is almost like authority which I feel obliged to follow. It seemed like their social
status allowed then to push me around. Or rather, I allow that mindset to make me feel intimidated. Inside, I curl up like a ball and lose myself. I don't act myself, in fear I would not be accepted, in fear the more influential one may not like me. Because I think he may cause me to be unaccepted. Maglined. those times, I feel so pushed around inside, I lost sight of God and who I really am.

As I dwell more and more in God's word, I realise that it is all deception by Satan. To instill fear in me. Satan's primary goal is to cause me to stumble, to make me ineffective to give glory to God. satan uses people's words, criticism and lies to pull me down.

people can have opinions about me, many, they may think im a Christian, and they Hate Christians or they think they are crazy converters who are mind washed by the preaching in church. Their impression of me may be so bad they tell bad things about me to others and so on.

So what am I to do? Shy away? LAY LOW? don't glorify God? Don't mention His name? be ASHAMED? BLEND IN?

In my opinion, I don't think so, Because I was told to Fear GOD Rather than Man. and i don't care what people think, I stick to my beliefs, and Love like Jesus did. What would you do? Blend in? or stand for Jesus?